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The Second Battle of Fallujah, initially codenamed Operation Phantom Fury, Operation al-Fajr (Arabic: الفجر, lit. ' The Dawn ') was an American-led offensive of the Iraq War that began on 7 November 2004 and lasted about six weeks.
Battle of Fallujah(2004) 4 April 2004: 1 May 2004: Fallujah: Battle: (See Operation Vigilant Resolve) Operation Vigilant Resolve: 4 April 2004: 1 May 2004: Fallujah: Battle: First American attempt to capture Fallujah. Battle of Ramadi: 6 April 2004: 10 April 2004: Ramadi: Battle: An estimated 250 rebels were killed in fighting that shattered ...
The battle was halted mid-way for political reasons, an outcome that commentators have described as insurgent victory. [3] [4] [5] Seven months later, in November 2004, a second attempt to capture the city, the Second Battle of Fallujah, proved successful. Intelligence reports concluded that the attack was planned by Ahmad Hashim Abd al-Isawi.
November 2: In the heaviest single loss for the coalition troops up to that time, two US Chinook helicopters are fired on by two surface-to-air missiles and one crashes near Fallujah and on its way to Baghdad airport; 16 soldiers are killed and 20 wounded. [8] [9]
The 1941 Battle of Fallujah during the Anglo-Iraqi War; First Battle of Fallujah, April 2004 operation by US forces against Iraqi guerillas; Second Battle of Fallujah, joint American, Iraqi government, and British offensive in November and December 2004; Fall of Fallujah, winter 2013–14 offensive of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant ...
The second cause, probably the flashpoint for the conflict, was the highly publicized killing and mutilation of four Blackwater private military contractors on March 31, 2004. Five days before American troops withdrew from Fallujah after intense fighting on March 26, 2004 (at which point Fallujah had already been declared insurgent-occupied ...
The Second Battle of Fallujah takes place: US, UK and Iraqi forces launch an offensive to liberate Fallujah from AQI and AAS terrorists, as well as other insurgents and terrorists, killing 1,200–1,500 enemy combatants, whilst 1,500 more were captured, coalition forces suffered 107 killed and 613 wounded. [46] November 8–16
Rafael Peralta (April 7, 1979 – November 15, 2004) was a United States Marine killed in combat during the Second Battle of Fallujah during the Iraq War.In September 2008 his family was notified that he was awarded the Navy Cross, the second-highest award a United States Marine can receive. [1]